Best PlacesSallisaw, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sallisaw, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sallisaw ranks 42,888th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sallisaw
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Sallisaw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sallisaw ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute20.5 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Sallisaw ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$47,246 median, better than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sallisaw
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sallisaw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,246, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Sallisaw's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sallisaw
Sallisaw runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sallisaw.
Who works in Sallisaw, and how
Work in Sallisaw centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Sallisaw
Sallisaw has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sallisaw and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sallisaw, month by month
Sallisaw sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Sallisaw
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sallisaw
Schools across Sallisaw average a D, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastside EsC · 33% proficient
- Spiro EsD+ · 23% proficient
- Vian EsD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sallisaw MsC− · 27% proficient
- Spiro MsD+ · 25% proficient
- Vian MsF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Sallisaw HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Spiro HsD · 22% proficient
- Vian HsD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sallisaw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sallisaw measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Sallisaw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sallisaw
Is Sallisaw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sallisaw ranks 42,888th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and state finances, and lowest on health outcomes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sallisaw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,953. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $47,246 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Sallisaw safe?
Sallisaw is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $429 per resident a year.
Compare Sallisaw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sallisaw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sallisaw represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Sallisaw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sallisaw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sallisaw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sallisaw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sallisaw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sallisaw detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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